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Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

The Hechinger Report

So he has no idea if they’re learning. So, we’ve spent several months traveling the country learning from schools applying best practices and from researchers and educators who have studied what works. Of those who failed both semesters in 2005-06, only 15 percent graduated in four years. Your stories. Ishmael Brown Jr.,

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Held back, but not helped

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Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Most students lost months or even years of school time after Katrina hit in 2005. But they have much better tools than they did in 2005 when the retention policy was put into place,” he said. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Higher Education.

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No longer ruled out: an educator develops strategies to keep court-involved students in school

The Hechinger Report

He was a responsible kid, eager to learn,” said Rhodes. While not every arrested student is on the honor roll like Elliott, they all have strengths that Rhodes and her team describe to judges: Some love Harry Potter books; some excel at band or athletics; others have never been issued a behavioral demerit. I hit the books hard.”.

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Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

The Hechinger Report

Buffalo educators hoped Eve’s new program would give more children — particularly children of color — a chance at enrichment and advanced learning. Jolly wrote in 2005. There are gifted dropouts. Yet the internet and reference books teem with professionally endorsed lists of so-called gifted traits.

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Who will Teach the Children?

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The problem has grown worse as schools and teachers are forced to deal with an increasing number of nontraditional students (minority, impoverished, foster, homeless, autistic) who come from nontraditional homes (single parent, divorce, second or third marriage) and learn in nontraditional ways (via the internet, tablets, social media).

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School counselors keep kids on track. Why are they first to be cut?

The Hechinger Report

Aimed at curbing dropouts, improving graduation rates and sending more kids to college and other postsecondary programs, the corps is designed to offset a growing achievement gap in this relatively affluent but increasingly diverse state. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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